Tile.



ALBERT S. JANIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TILE

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application led. March 11, 1908. v Serial No. 420,398.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT S. JANIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Rosebank, borough of Richmond, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tile, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to tiles for walls, iioors and similar purposes, anddits object is to provide a new and improved tile having a symmetrically curved outline arranged in such a manner that similar tiles can be readily interlocked to prevent displacement in any direction and to present a highly ornamental surface.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a plan view of a series of interlocked tiles colored differently; Fig. 2 is a like view -of a series of interlocked tiles colored differently; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a single tile.

The tiles A to be interlocked with each other are exactly alike in shape and size, each tile being approximately of a square shape, having a center or a body A and sides, each of which is formed with a hooked tongue A2 and a recess A3, the recess A3 and the tongue A2 being of exactly the same size and shape, the only diii'erence being that the recess A3 is reverse to the tongue A2. The

tongue A2 is in the form of a hook, and theterminal of the tongue detines the hook end of the recess A3, and by reference to the drawings it will be seen that the tongue and recess are contiguous, and the tongues and recesses along the entire margin of the tile alternate. Now by the arrangement described, the tongue A2 of one tile readily interlocks with the recess A3 of an adjacent tile, and by having the tongues and recesses arranged as described, an entirely unbroken surface is provided when interlocking a series of tiles as above described and shown in Figs. l and 2.

It will be noticed that when the tiles are interlocked they are held against movement in any direction in the plane of the tiles, and consequently the tiles are not liable to come apart when once laid in position on the floor, wall or other structure. Each tile in itself is ornamental in configuration, and by constructing a tile as described, they can be readily interlocked to form say4 dilferent centers, especially when using diierent colored tiles; for instance, as shown in Fig. l, four tiles of the same color are interlocked to form the center, while the outer tiles interlocked with the said center tiles are of a different color,.andconsequently a -wide contrast is had. As illustrated in Fig.

2, live tiles of one color are interlocked to form a center which is in contrast to the oiter tiles interlocked with the said center ti es.

The tile may be made of any suitable material such as rubber, clay, porcelain and the like, but in each case the tiles are alike in size and shape, and each side is formed of a hooked tongue and a contiguous recess, as above described and shown in the drawings.

Having thus described claim as new and desire Patent y l. A tile having sides, each formed of a hook-shaped tongue, and a hookfshaped recess complementary to the said tongue in shape and size, the hook extending outward and the recess inward, the terminal of the hook of the tongue defining the hook porn tion of the recess the tongue and the recess occupying the entire extent of the side.

2. A tile having sides each formed of a hook-sl1aped tongue, and a hook-shaped recess complementary to the said tongue in shape and size, the hook extending outward and the recess inward, the terminal of the hook of the tongue defining the hook portion of the recess, and the outer edge of the my invention, I to secure by Letters tongue. @enf-@mn t0.. the back of the recess the tonguey an the recess occupy-ing the entire extent of the side. 3. A tile having sides each formed of ay hook-shaped tongue and a hook-shaped recess com lementary to the said tongue in(A shape an size, the hook extending outward and the recess inward, the terminal of the hook of t-he tongue defining the hook portion 10 of the recess, the tonguesand recesses altelz-Y A natng along the entremargin Qf the tile the tongue and the recess occupying the entire extent of the side.

Inr testimony whereof I have signed my name to this. specification in the presence of 15 two subscriblng witnesses.

f ALBERT S. JANIN. Witnesses. rv

THEO. G. HosTER,

EvnRAlzy Bf, MARSHALL. 

